Super Big Explosion!

Ma Xixi stared at the contact saved as 'Little Bro' on his phone, his face filled with disbelief.

The player 'Ma Xixi, I'll Top You to Death' had been quite popular in the community recently, as too many streamers had been driven mad by him in high-ranked 5E games.

The player 'Ma Xixi, I'll Top You to Death' had also been accused of cheating from various angles.

Many people viewed him with subjective bias, generally believing he was a cheater.

Quite a few people had asked Ma Xixi about it in his stream before, but it was difficult for Ma Xixi to respond, especially since this person was dominating the ladder using his own meme.

This time, he had encountered him directly and could only face the controversy head-on.

However, he never expected that the player with this ID would actually be someone he knew, and not just a casual acquaintance.

At this moment, he finally understood why 'Ma Xixi, I'll Top You to Death' had said, "Whether I'm cheating or not, I know."

Because it was his own cousin!

Jiang Yang had always had good talent in this game. He had even quickly climbed to S rank before. It was impossible, and unnecessary, for him to cheat, especially since the kid wanted to go pro.

As he stood there stunned, Jiang Yang's voice came through the WeChat voice call again.

"Cousin, hello hello, is the signal bad?"

Ma Xixi snapped back to reality and asked in disbelief, "Yang Yang, how could it be you?"

This was an answer he never could have guessed.

In his impression, Jiang Yang did have talent in this game, but he always thought he would still be hovering around the Perfect World S rank.

You have to understand, Jiang Yang's current rank in 5E, and these stats, are something even most professional players can't achieve.

This was already the highest level in the country!

How could it be Jiang Yang?

He was extremely surprised, and the 'Steel Helmets' in the CSBOY stream were also shocked.

Thanks to CSBOY's immense reputation in the scene, Jiang Yang had been quite active when he was an assistant at CSBOY.

Memes like "I can hear the ECO sound" and "Why... don't you want to?" were still circulating in the GO community.

Combined with Jiang Yang's outstanding appearance, he had gained significant fame within the community. Even netizens who didn't follow CSBOY's stream knew that Ma Xixi had a very handsome cousin.

Many long-time viewers of the CSBOY stream couldn't sit still when they heard that familiar voice.

[No way!!!]

[Holy crap, it's the cousin!!]

[The cousin's already at the top rank in 5E?]

[No way man, it's only been a few months, and he's at the top rank in 5E already?]

[That's not right, wasn't the cousin playing Perfect World?]

They couldn't believe it, worried they had misheard.

Then they heard Jiang Yang's voice again in the stream, imitating a Guangxi accent, saying, "Cousin, why wouldn't it be me~"

Ma Xixi asked, confused, "I mean, how did you get to such a high rank? And weren't you playing Perfect World?"

"Just practicing aim and watching demos every day, getting stronger bit by bit. I just climbed up as I played," Jiang Yang said, rolling his eyes. "As for not playing Perfect World, I got first place in Perfect World this morning."

Ma Xixi opened the Perfect World platform on his computer and clicked on the leaderboard. He saw that the ID ranked second was the familiar 'Miss, get out of the way'.

The first place player was only one star higher than him, clearly having just climbed up while Jiang Yang was playing 5E.

Ma Xixi started to sweat. "That shouldn't be right! Is it that easy to get first place in Perfect World?"

Ma Xixi had played professionally before. When he was young, his talent in CSGO wasn't bad either, but he never felt that getting first place in Perfect World was an easy feat.

During their talk after the summer break, Ma Xixi could have involved Jiang Yang in his streaming work.

But he was afraid Jiang Yang would get caught up in this circle and impulsively pursue a professional career.

He thought that after starting university and Jiang Yang got exposed to other games, he would gradually give up the idea of going pro.

After all, it was too difficult to make a name for oneself on the CSGO pro path.

Even with talent, if your talent wasn't exceptional, it wouldn't be enough.

So he thought that once the youthful fervor passed, he would slowly pull Jiang Yang back into the streaming circle, ensuring Jiang Yang could have a decent income in the future.

But now he realized he had underestimated his cousin's talent in this game.

MO, who had been listening nearby, suddenly spoke, "Xixi, ask him how many hours he has in CSGO now?"

Ma Xixi immediately asked.

"How many hours? Let me see." Jiang Yang switched back to Steam and took a look. "498.7."

As soon as he said that.

"How much??"

MO felt like the 'prodigy' persona he held in his heart had just been gently shattered.

Leon Kai had just finished a ranked match with his "waste of space" little brother, Hamburger.

Hamburger stretched and said, "No cheaters, it was definitely much easier to play, haha."

"It's alright, I haven't encountered many cheaters in ranked lately," Leon Kai replied. Even though the match was easy, he knew his own skills were gradually declining and he couldn't blame others.

Once suspicion is established, it becomes very difficult to improve oneself.

As soon as he finished, he saw a flood of comments on his secondary screen.

[Super Big Hit!]

[Holy crap, that Steel Helmets cheater from a couple days ago is Boss Ma's cousin.]

[Ah! Boss Ma's cousin was caught cheating and busted?]

[Don't spread rumors, Boss Ma's cousin is a pure prodigy. We saw him get stronger in our stream with Steel Helmets.]

[True, Xixi's character is beyond reproach, second only to Brother Kai.]

[It's already ridiculous that Xiao Jiang reached Perfect S in a month during summer vacation, and now he's at the top rank on 5E?]

The comments were in chaos, and Leon Kai spent a while sorting through them to understand what was happening.

Then, with a reminder from 'Steel Helmets' who came to report the news, he found the latest video from 'MTC Jun' on the little video site.

[Innate CS Saint Body? A Prodigy Blessed by the Heavens?]

He clicked to watch and saw Ma Xixi exclaim in surprise, "How much?"

Then the main part began. Ma Xixi was toyed with and led around by the opposing player 'Ma Xixi, I'll kill you' in a ranked match.

If the opponent were truly a cheater, the atmosphere of the video might have been somewhat tense.

But knowing this guy was Ma Xixi's cousin made it much more amusing.

This was clearly the younger brother playing a prank on his older brother.

After the match clips ended, he saw Ma Xixi discover that the player 'Ma Xixi, I'll kill you' was his cousin.

He also learned that Ma Xixi's cousin had reached the top rank on both Perfect World and 5E, just short of achieving the exaggerated feat of being number one on both platforms.

"But it's still strange!" the "waste of space" Hamburger said in surprise. "Some of his plays were just weird. His pre-aiming was too strange, and why was his pistol play so bad? And his rifle spray control looked so shaky."

This time, Leon Kai went to Perfect World and specifically downloaded a replay of 'Miss, get out of the way'.

He knew this account. As someone who spent a lot of time on the little video site, he had seen it in MTC Jun's edits. Jiang Yang's 'I heard the sound of ECO' had amused him for a while.

Now that this account had reached number one on Perfect World, it wasn't strange for him to also reach a high rank on 5E.

Leon Kai opened the video and watched it with Hamburger.

"Both of these accounts belong to him. The main thing now is to look at his control habits. If his control habits are fine, then there's basically no problem."

In reality, there were basically no problems now. Considering Ma Xixi's character, he didn't believe he would bother cheating.

If he were caught cheating, the account Ma Xixi had operated for so many years would be ruined.

Moreover, from the comments, he knew that this kid had already played on S rank on Ma Xixi's computer before, showing his talent.

As a loyal CS:GO enthusiast, Leon Kai naturally hoped for the emergence of prodigies. CNCS was sorely lacking in fresh blood.

But he still felt it was unlikely, less than 500 hours!

Could someone really be this absurd?

The map was Dust II.

Leon Kai entered the match and slowly reviewed it.

This time, they finally found a change compared to the few matches they had seen on 5E.

On Dust II, this Ma Xixi's cousin was clearly stronger.

His pistol play was still a spray-and-pray style, and his rifle spray control was still shaky.

But looking at Jiang Yang's offensive pre-aiming during the long gun rounds, Leon Kai's scalp tingled: "Holy crap, this pre-aiming!!"

If the pre-aiming they saw on Dust II and Overpass on 5E before was somewhat formulaic and a bit stiff, then the pre-aiming on Dust II now had that sense of "great skill is simple."

No matter where he moved his mouse, it would land perfectly on the headshot line.

It looked so clean and efficient, with no superfluous movements.

For high-ranking CS:GO players like them, it was a beautiful sight.

[Holy crap, this pre-aiming is too exaggerated.]

[Is this NIKO?]

[But why does he play pistol and rifle so strangely?]

Some CSBOY fans thought of a possible reason.

[It seems the cousin's sensitivity is very high, he's a high-sensitivity player.]

[Spray control is difficult to practice. The cousin has less than 500 hours of game time, it's normal.]

"You're saying he's high sensitivity!! And he's played less than 500 hours?" Leon Kai's eyes widened instantly.

From the way Jiang Yang's crosshair moved, he had initially thought Jiang Yang was a low-sensitivity player, as the crosshair didn't move much.

But if he was high sensitivity, plus short playtime, then everything made sense.

High sensitivity wasn't as stable for recoil control as low sensitivity.

And short playtime was also a reason for unstable recoil control.

Recoil control, after all, required time to build muscle memory; you had to slowly memorize the spray patterns of each gun.

He had played less than 500 hours, and it all made sense now.

Leon Kai took a deep breath and said to his stream: "To summarize, the 'Ma Xixi I'll kill you to death' guy, who is Ma Xixi's cousin, isn't cheating. It's pure talent."

"As you know, I often watch replays of 'prodigies' and analyze POV footage from pro players. We won't compare him to pro players for now, but this cousin's pre-aiming is the most accurate I've ever seen from a non-pro player!"

"In the past year, he's also the most talented player I've seen. His pre-aiming is terrifyingly good! You have to understand, he's only at 500 hours right now. If he plays another 1000 hours, I really can't imagine what level he'll reach."

"Does someone like that really exist? First on both platforms in 500 hours?" The useless brother Hamburger thought he was already outstanding for reaching the top ranks at his age.

He never expected to be nothing more than a stepping stone for a prodigy.

Leon Kai's mood was also unsettled: "No, why? His pre-aiming after only 500 hours!"

Leon Kai was also a deep-level CS:GO player who highly valued fundamentals and practiced extensively every day.

He had spent thousands of hours on it, yet he couldn't even achieve the pre-aiming state Jiang Yang displayed on other maps.

Not to mention his pre-aiming on Dust II. This was just his internal comparison; if you put their pre-aiming clips side-by-side, the difference would be truly immense.

The state they had strived for a long time to reach, yet still couldn't achieve, was easily accomplished by Jiang Yang. Now, they felt genuine distress from the bottom of their hearts.

The useless brother Hamburger asked: "Are we still playing?"

Leon Kai was silent for a few seconds, then sighed deeply: "Let's go play chess. This CS is unplayable."

His Dao heart had been completely shattered.

ps: There are actually similar prodigies in real life. There was a player on the Mongolian team who reached a top-tier team in 2000 hours.

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